Bauer Hockey shares face shield design for healthcare workers
Earlier this week, Bauer announced that they will be creating face shields for medical professionals.
The Canadian-founded hockey manufacturer repurposed their facility in Blainville, Quebec, and designed a face mask so that “medical professionals battling COVID-19 can safely continue to help those most vulnerable.”
One of the products that the company designs are visors and face masks that are used for facial protection on hockey helmets.
Tory Mazzola, a spokesperson for Bauer, says that since the initiative went public, they received hundreds of requests from healthcare workers to place orders.
Now, the hockey company has decided to share the manufacturing instructions for the mask and they’re encouraging other companies to start producing them as well.
We are proud to be using our resources to protect medical workers on the front lines battling COVID-19, but WE NEED YOUR HELP.
We need other corporations to step up and convert their resources to build materials that will protect medical workers exposed to the virus. pic.twitter.com/vlsYWGRva7
— BAUER Hockey (@BauerHockey) March 28, 2020
We are encouraging other companies to utilize our design to build similar face shields. Visit https://t.co/nxzpW8YC8U for more information on how they are made. pic.twitter.com/NC8w4K7uRN
— BAUER Hockey (@BauerHockey) March 28, 2020
“The company decided to proactively publish the manufacturing instructions, designs and supplier info to encourage other manufacturing companies to begin production of these critical safety products,” says Mazzola.
The company first shared photos of the face shields on Wednesday, saying that “right now, we’re all on the same team.”
Protection that allows athletes to give everything for their team is our heritage.
Right now, we’re all on the same team. We’re repurposing our facilities to make face shields so that medical professionals battling COVID-19 can safely continue to help those most vulnerable. pic.twitter.com/pBiZuUWdVl
— BAUER Hockey (@BauerHockey) March 25, 2020